Crossword-Solution: ANTILOCAPRA
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| Clue | Answers |
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| AMERICAN prongbuck | 1 answer |
| prongbuck | 1 answer |
| NORTH American prongbuck | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with ANTILOCAPRA (5)
The horny part of the frog's thumb-pad is comparable with the horny sheath of the horns in the mammalian Prong-buck (_Antilocapra_) which are shed after the breeding season and annually redeveloped.
There are in the New World some other very interesting animals of this group, such as the musk-ox (_Ovibos_), and the prong-horned antelope (_Antilocapra_), which last so far resembles the Cervidae that the horns, which are bifurcate, are also annually shed.
Antelope or Pronghorn (_Antilocapra americana_) Formerly abundant, now rare; found only in broad open places such as Lamar Valley, etc.
Then we come to a peculiar family of carnivora, the racoons, very distinct from anything in Europe or Asia; and in the Rocky Mountains we find the prong-horn antelope (Antilocapra) and the mountain goat of the trappers (Aplocerus), both peculiar genera.
The following mammals, typical of grassland, are absent: black-tailed jack rabbit (_Lepus californicus_), black-tailed prairie dog (_Cynomys ludovicianus_), 13-lined ground squirrel (_Spermophilus tridecemlineatus_), Franklin's ground squirrel (_Spermophilus franklinii_), southern lemming-mouse (_Synaptomys cooperi_), and of course, the buffalo (_Bison bison_), and the prong-horned antelope (_Antilocapra americana_) long extinct in this part of their range.